Sea things

Follow a duffel bag of poetry, carried by cargo ship up the coast of Australia, to Thursday Island ... Don't look inside. And when you finally set foot on the sand, open the bag and find... Sea Things.

The ocean has long been a subject for poetry and poetic musings. In Sea Things we journey up the coast in the company of two duffel bags, transported by ship and collecting poems for the Red Room Company's project.

On the journey all sorts of people are met - some write poetry on paper and others just live it but all are tied to the sea.

Further Information

Ships officer Kelly Osmond speaks of a fascinating life as a barramundi fisher in the Gulf of Carpentaria, as life on the roughest of merchant navy ships and her love of the sea. Fascinating story - don't miss it!

Greg H :

24 Apr 2010 3:40:37pm

Having originally hailed from TI in the middle of last century and having been back only once since (for a short time only), I really enjoyed hearing about and from the people of the Torres Strait. The portion about the (Japanese) cemetary was particularly evocative, as I went there as a child.Great program - many thanks.